format,
results and standings of main competitions organized in Europe by UEFA
(Champions League, UEFA Cup, European Championship for national teams,
European qualifying groups for FIFA World Cup);

explanation
and calculation of UEFA coefficients, with ranking lists available and
downloadable.

links
to UEFA site and other Football concerning sites.

links
to the official UEFA rules.

REGULATIONS OF COMPETITIONS AND COEFFICIENTS:

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FORMAT FROM2009/2010 SEASON:

• No changes to the main competition, involving 32 teams, split into 8 groups of 4 teams in
the group stage, followed by the knockout phase. The 8 teams that finish the groups in third
place cross over into the knockout phase of the UEFA Cup.
• Access list changed according to the following principles: 22 teams qualify directly for the
group phase instead of 16 (N3 of associations 1 to 3 in the ranking and champions of
countries 10 to 12 are added); 10 teams qualify through a double qualification path: one
reserved for the champions of the associations ranked 13 to 53 - except Liechtenstein - (5
teams qualify) and one reserved for non-champions of associations ranked 1 to 15 (5 teams
qualify).

UEFA
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE COMPETITION SYSTEM (FROM 2009/2010)

1st
qualifying round

6

2st
qualifying round

31+3PR

3nd qualifying
round

3+17Q1

Play-offs

10Q2

NC 3rd qualifying round

10

NC play-offs

5 + 5 NCQ3

Group stage

32 teams in 8 groups of 4 - top 2 advance - 3rd in UEFA CUP

First knock-out
round

16

Quarter finals

8

Semi-finals

4

Final

2

EUROPA LEAGUE FORMAT FROM 2009/2010 SEASON:

• Main competition changed according to the following principles: first round (knockout)
becomes part of the qualifying phase; the group phase consists of 48 teams, split into 12
groups of 4 teams; the top two in each group qualify for the knockout phase and are joined
by the 8 teams that finish the group stage of the UEFA Champions League in third place.
The knockout phase, with 32 teams and 4 rounds, will lead to the final, played in a single
match at a neutral venue.

• Access list changed according to the following principles: only the titleholders qualify
directly for the group phase; all other clubs have to qualify; UEFA Cup qualifying phase
consists of 4 rounds, according to the access list; 37 slots added to the qualifying phase to
accommodate clubs that currently qualify for the UEFA Intertoto Cup (associations ranked 9
to 15 and 22 to 51, except Liechtenstein); the losers of the UEFA Champions League second
qualifying round (Q2) and third qualifying round (Q3) cross over into to the UEFA Cup, Q4
and group phase respectively.